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Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati—Ford Mustang?

It's official. Ford has made it to the big leagues—if the inclusion of the Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca in the Robb Report “Best of the Best 2012” guide means anything to you, at least.

Billing itself as “Your Global Luxury Resource,” the report manages to prove monthly that money cannot buy taste. Its apparent target audience? Professional sports draftees, wannabe-investment bankers and members of the nouveau riche who never bothered to learn the definition of the word gauche.

The Mustang's inclusion is noteworthy since the Robb Report often features wristwatches that cost more than the sub-$50,000 pony car. Among the marques that readers are trained to lust after—Bugatti, Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini—Ford is a domestic, value-priced outlier.

The good news for the rest of us? Ford's Boss 302 Laguna Seca might just be a hidden gem, a contender in a field of six-figure supercars and a relatively affordable, performance-heavy option for enthusiasts who don't have the income of a hedge-fund manager or an NFL recruit.

Graham Kozak
- Graham Kozak drove a 1951 Packard 200 sedan in high school because he wanted something that would be easy to find in a parking lot. He thinks all the things they're doing with fuel injection and seatbelts these days are pretty nifty too.
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